Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis Liu, 1999

LIU, JUN & RIEPPEL, OLIVIER, 2005, Restudy of Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis (Reptilia: Thalattosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China, American Museum Novitates 3488, pp. 1-35 : 2

Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis Liu, 1999

DIAGNOSIS (revised): An askeptosaurid thalattosaur differing from Askeptosaurus by the maxilla forming part of the anteroventral orbital margin; fusion of the postorbital and postfrontal; the posterolateral process of the frontal extending posteriorly far beyond the anterior margin of lower temporal fossa, narrowly approaching but not contacting the supratemporal; the long and slender ventral process of the squamosal extending to the lower margin of the cheek; jugal with an elongate posterior process; lateral exposure of the angular equal to that of the surangular; deltopectoral crest on the humerus developed; fibula expanded.

LOCALITY AND HORIZON: Wayao Member, Falang Formation, Ladinian or Carnian (upper Middle or lower Upper Triassic), Xinpu, Guanling County, Anshun area, Guizhou Province, southwestern China.